A best friend is a blessing from God who always listens soundly, understands deeply and cares for you.
Most of the time, people are close only with people whom they think are of the same level as them. The intellectuals gather with the intellectuals, the beauties gather with the beauties, the populars gather with the populars, etc. That kind of grouping may look perfect, but people often cannot find their ‘true’ best friend in it. Here is a story.
Once upon a time, there lived a young fish and his friends in a pond. The young fish, Colby, had wanted to fly like an eagle; he adored how an eagle freely soared to the air and flew majestically.
With little hesitation, he told his fellow friends about his admiration toward eagles and his dream to fly. Instead of the excited reaction Colby expected, they all said that he was out of his mind. No matter how hard he tried to explain his feelings, they just could not relate to him.
One day, Colby saw a young eagle drinking by the water pond. Slowly, he swam to the eagle’s direction. By the time he was already very close to the eagle, the eagle said “It must be very pleasant to always swim. You can drink water whenever you want and you will never get exposed to the heat of air! I would love to be a fish”
“But flipping your fins you never get too far. With wings, you can go wherever you like and look at the earth from a bigger point of view! Oh…how I would love to be an eagle… ” Colby replied.
Starting from that day, Colby the Fish became friends with Leona the Eagle. Colby told Leona about life underwater, while Leona told Colby about life in the air.
Within a short time, both of them had had a strong relationship. Both of them also began to feel contented with themselves because they started to think that by listening to their best friend’s anecdote, they could picture themselves being in the same scene.
Sometimes, variation makes great combination. Perhaps that is why God created people with different personality and features. Just like pieces of puzzle, pieces which have the same surface will never stick together, while pieces whose shapes are the opposite could fit perfectly.
That is why we have to be friends with others who are “not included in our category”. Who knows we can our 'true' best friendamong those people!
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